Author Archives: Joel

A Saturday evening with the Kurians

Posted on July 12, 2009 by Joel

Saturday night, we hosted our friends the Kurians on their 2nd-to-last-night of the great 2009 road trip.  We rarely ever have sleepover guests, we like them, and the kids get along together nicely, so what’s not to look forward too? … Continue reading →

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Flush me, Amadeus

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Joel

Hey, I’m not so bad at the home improvement / Mr. Fix-It tasks.  Let me give you the recap: A few months ago, I noticed a small leak in the upstairs guest / kids’ bathroom under the toilet coming from … Continue reading →

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Warehouse 13

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Joel

On Tuesday, Syfi (here lie the old Sci-Fi Channel) premiered a new sci-fi series named Warehouse 13.  From what  I saw, it was a mash-up of Men in Black meets the big warehouse at the end of Raiders of the … Continue reading →

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A moment of silence for my Atlanta Bread Company

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Joel

Whether it be a vacation day, or more likely a working from home day, a secret pleasure of mine is to get lunch at our local Atlanta Bread Company. It’s a pretty nice place.  Excellent sandwiches and soups, nice clean … Continue reading →

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Good news – no interruptions of phone, internet, or TV!

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Joel

I may start one of those counters similar to those on construction sites recording how many days since the last workplace accident, except tracking outages. We’re officially at “2 days since our last Verizon outage.”  🙂 When the service is … Continue reading →

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Home with two sick Ipe munchkins

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Joel

I think this fits the definition of irony.  I had intended/scheduled Thursday the 9th and Friday the 10th as vacation days, as I hoped we could  take a 4-day weekend trip via train to Boston.  The schedule/logistics/cost didn’t quite work, … Continue reading →

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Moving to new email accounts

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Joel

I sent out a message last week to family and friends that I was moving to new email accounts.  I’ve had my comcast email accounts for 9 years now, so it’s a bit of a change.  The bigger question was what … Continue reading →

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I seem to be annoyed with technology at the moment

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Joel

As  a technophile, it would be a strong statement to make that I seem to be annoyed with technology at the moment.  Why doesn’t it all just work? I’m experiencing continuing woes with my brand new Verizon FiOS service. I started cleaning … Continue reading →

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The lawnmower man strikes down Verizon

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Joel

Color me bitter and disenchanted. I’m going to recap my troubles with FiOS. On June 29th, FiOS installer shows up @ 1pm for an 8am-12pm install window. Junction box is filled with water, and fiber optic network switch of some … Continue reading →

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Only You (1994)

Posted on July 5, 2009 by Joel

We tried to see July 4th fireworks this year, but that didn’t happen as expected. It doesn’t seem like there was much scheduled in our area on the actual 4th of July!  After we got the kids to bed, we … Continue reading →

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